DIRECTORS
Stephen E. Jenkins (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Delaware. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1976; J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Member, 1980-1981 and Executive Editor, 1981-1982, Georgetown Law Journal. Member, Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Advisory Committee. Member: Delaware State Bar Association. [Lt. U.S. Army, 1976-1979].Email: Stephen E. Jenkins
Randall E. Robbins (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Virginia; 1982, Delaware. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981). Named, Best Lawyer's In Delaware, 1999-2006. Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1981-1984; Member, House Task Force on Medical Malpractice Liability. Member: Delaware State (President, Torts and Insurance Practice, 2006) and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; American Association of Justice; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2003-2004; President-Elect 2002-2003).Email: Randall E. Robbins
Steven J. Balick (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1978); Boston University (J.D., 1981). Judicial Clerkship, Delaware Superior Court, 1981-1982. Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1982-1986. Member, Permanent Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1992-1995. Member: Delaware State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association.Email: Steven J. Balick
William P. Bowden (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1957; admitted to bar, 1989, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., 1985); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1988). Member, Moot Court Honor Society; Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee; Member Advisory Board Views From The Bench 2001-2004. Member: Delaware State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy/Insolvency.Email: William P. Bowden
Richard D. Heins (Director) born Rockville Centre, New York, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1991, Delaware. Education: St. John's University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1985); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Associate Editor, 1986-1987 and Editor, 1987-1988, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Judicial Clerkship, Honorable William T. Allen, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1989-1990. Member: Delaware State Bar Association (Member of Council, General Corporation Law Section, 1999).Email: Richard D. Heins
Philip Trainer, Jr. (Director) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Delaware. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1982); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Staff, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1988-1989. Member: Delaware State Bar Association.Email: Philip Trainer, Jr.
Steven T. Margolin (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., magna cum laude, 1989); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1992). Order of Barristers; Woolsack Honor Society. Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1991-1992. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Steven T. Margolin
Richard I. G. Jones, Jr. (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1989); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Kappa Phi. External Managing Editor, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1993-1994. Legal Intern to Honorable Walter S. Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1994. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Richard I. G. Jones, Jr.
Don A. Beskrone (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 1987, Arizona; 2003, Delaware. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1981); Rutgers University School of Law - Camden (J.D., 1985).Email: Don A. Beskrone
John G. Day (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Delaware; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Gordon College (B.A., 1979); Temple University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member: Delaware State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Intellectual Property Trial Practice.Email: John G. Day
Ricardo Palacio (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1994); Villanova University (J.D., 1998). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Languages: Spanish.Email: Ricardo Palacio
Carolyn S. Hake (Director) born Carmichael, California, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Widener University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Staff Member, 1997-1998 and Research Editor, 1998-1999, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Wolcott Law Clerk to the Honorable Randy J. Holland, Delaware Supreme Court, 1998-1999. Member: Delaware State Bar Association.Email: Carolyn S. Hake
Richard L. Renck (Director) born Lafayette, Indiana, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware; 2001, Pennsylvania. Education: Presbyterian College (B.S., cum laude, 1992); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1999). Order of Wig and Robe. Judicial Clerkships: Superior Court of Delaware, 1999-2000; Delaware Court of Chancery for the Honorable William B. Chandler, III and the Honorable John W. Noble, 2000-2001. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Richard L. Renck
ASSOCIATES
Gregory Alan Taylor (Director) born Johnson City, New York, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1997); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Staff Member, 1998-1999 and Articles Editor, 1999-2000, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Legal Intern to the Honorable E. Norman Veasey, Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court, 1999. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association.Email: Gregory Alan Taylor
Leigh-Anne M. Raport (Associate) born Chester, Pennsylvania, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: Widener University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2004; J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.Email: Leigh-Anne M. Raport
Lauren E. Maguire (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S.N., 1999); University of Maryland (J.D., with honor, 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Delaware State and Federal Bar Associations.Email: Lauren E. Maguire
Catherine A. Gaul (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware; admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Catherine A. Gaul
Andrew D. Cordo (Associate) born Royal Oak, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2004, Delaware; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.S., 2001; B.A., 2001); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2004). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Andrew D. Cordo
Amanda M. Winfree (Associate) born Arlington, Virginia, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1997); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Executive Editor, Villanova Sports & Ent. L.J. Member: Delaware State (Member, Bankruptcy Law) and American Bar Associations.Email: Amanda M. Winfree
Benjamin W. Keenan (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1967; admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., with distinction, 1989); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: Delaware State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy/Insolvency.
Karen B. Skomorucha (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2001); American University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Member, Order of the Coif. Associate Managing Editor, The American University Law Review. Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Brendan Linehan Shannon, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, 2006-2007. Member: Member, American Bankruptcy Institute; Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court.
Toni-Ann Platia (Associate) born Long Island City, New York, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: Villanova University (B.S., cum laude, 2003); Widener University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Phi Kappa Phi. Staff Member, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 2005-2007. Judicial Extern to the Honorable Jane R. Roth, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2006-2007. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.
Stacy L. Newman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Managing Editor, Albany Law Review. Judicial Clerkship: Superior Court of Delaware For The Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr., 2007-2008. Member: Delaware State Bar Association.
Peter J. Faben (Associate) born Ithaca, New York; admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware. Education: State University of New York College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2005); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2008). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Caroline Hong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 2003); College of William and Mary (J.D., 2008). Articles Editor, William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, 2007-2008. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.
OF COUNSEL
Tiffany Geyer Lydon (Counsel) admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Widener University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi. Staff Member, 1998-1999 and Research Editor, 1999-2000, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Wolcott Law Clerk to the Honorable Carolyn Berger, Delaware Supreme Court, 1999-2000. Member: Delaware State, Federal and American Bar Associations.Email: Tiffany Geyer Lydon
Lawrence C. Ashby (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Delaware. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1967); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Case and Note Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1969-1970. Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1983-1990 and Delaware Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee, 1987-1993. Member, Permanent Lawyers Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 1985-1988, 1995-1998. Member: Delaware State (Council, Corporate Law Section, Chairman, 1996-1998) and American Bar Associations.Email: Lawrence C. Ashby
James McC. Geddes (Of Counsel) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia; 1977, Delaware. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1971); American Graduate School of International Management (M.I.M., 1972); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1975). Special Rate Counsel, Delaware Public Service Commission, 1981. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association.Email: James McC. Geddes